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There are key strategies to help you identify when your managerial position no longer aligns with your personality or skill set. Throughout my career working in various firms on Wall Street I’ve encountered exemplary managers who prioritized team development and career advancement, as well as those who could benefit from refining their leadership approach.

A new study found that these chemicals can easily be absorbed through our skin. As research uncovers the abundance of microplastics—in everything from Antarctic snow to our produce—we’re also learning more about how these tiny pieces of plastic harm our health. These microscopic particles can get into our bodies via water and air, and they’re not only a health risk on their own.

Spotting these red flags in your behavior could save your company from becoming a toxic place to work. California may become the latest place to ban round-the-clock work emails. Golden State lawmakers are considering a law that would give employees the right to ignore work communications after hours. If the law passes, California would join France, Australia, Canada, Italy, Belgium, and the Philippines in protecting professionals’ right to disconnect.

Alter Dementia helps churches craft dementia-friendly services aimed at providing solace to a community disproportionately affected by the disease. This piece was originally published by Capital & Main, which reports from California on economic, political, and social issues.

‘People don’t care if it’s new. They care if it’s better,’ says the cofounder of the London creative agency, Without. ‘Sometimes, the route to success is simply doing something timeless really, really well.’ Flicking through the fundraising pitch for a “disruptive coffee machine” on Kickstarter recently, it struck me how the embrace of disruption has become the unshakable cliché of every ambitious business, founder, entrepreneur, and creative agency.